So I'm not exactly the best at figuring stuff out... I can read what I can see, but in this instance, I'm not seeing anything.
So I woke up this morning after having my computer turned off all night... booted up my machine and immediately I could tell something was wrong. Once my Resource Monitor booted up, I saw exactly what was wrong. My machine was using 10 Gigs of RAM straight from bootup. It varied in amount by .3-.5 GB, but for the most part, it's been 10 GB abouts. So I looked in the Task Manager to find what was using so much... nothing. The programs I'm using do not add up to 10 GB of RAM whatsoever. The highest I was using was the Antimalware Service, using 100 MB of that 10 GB.
I have been told it may either be a Malware issue or a memory leak. The first, it is not Malware. I've run my Malware Fighter from IOBit a few times now, it has found nothing. It's currently in the middle of a full check ATM, so maybe something will pop up... but in the meantime, I'm gonna go with option 2, that it's a Memory Leak. But I would like it to be confirmed here, and if it is, what steps would I take to fix this, or is it fixable?
I appreciate any expedient help I may receive and thank you very much in advance.
OS: Windows 10 x64
RAM: 12 GB (2x4GB, 2x2GB)
CPU: AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core Processor
Last edited by Dr Jay on 5th August 2018, 4:16 am; edited 2 times in total (Reason for editing : Technical info)
So I woke up this morning after having my computer turned off all night... booted up my machine and immediately I could tell something was wrong. Once my Resource Monitor booted up, I saw exactly what was wrong. My machine was using 10 Gigs of RAM straight from bootup. It varied in amount by .3-.5 GB, but for the most part, it's been 10 GB abouts. So I looked in the Task Manager to find what was using so much... nothing. The programs I'm using do not add up to 10 GB of RAM whatsoever. The highest I was using was the Antimalware Service, using 100 MB of that 10 GB.
I have been told it may either be a Malware issue or a memory leak. The first, it is not Malware. I've run my Malware Fighter from IOBit a few times now, it has found nothing. It's currently in the middle of a full check ATM, so maybe something will pop up... but in the meantime, I'm gonna go with option 2, that it's a Memory Leak. But I would like it to be confirmed here, and if it is, what steps would I take to fix this, or is it fixable?
I appreciate any expedient help I may receive and thank you very much in advance.
OS: Windows 10 x64
RAM: 12 GB (2x4GB, 2x2GB)
CPU: AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core Processor
Last edited by Dr Jay on 5th August 2018, 4:16 am; edited 2 times in total (Reason for editing : Technical info)